Van Buren Elementary School Media Center

Staff:

Hours of Operation:

8:45 A.M. - 3:45 P.M. Monday through Friday

Mission:Media Services For a Future-Oriented Curriculum

The Instructional Materials Centers in the Cedar Rapids Schools exist to support the total educational program. Media Services are provided by certificated media specialists and their secretarial staffs in response to individual building needs.

Goals:

The school library media program will:

enable all students and staff to be effective and discriminating users of ideas and information.

provide materials and technologies which support the curricular objectives of the school.

encourage reading and use of a library for lifelong learning.

Policies:

Specific district library media policies can be found on the district's web site in Article 4: Instruction, Policy # 402 Library and Classroom Learning Resources. CRCSD Library Media Program Policies

Library Collection:

The Van Buren Library Media Center collection includes over 12,000 books, magazines, and professional resources for students, staff, and parents.

The library media center is connected to a 30 station computer lab.
Students visit the library on a daily and weekly basis to read and check-out materials, use the computers, work on research projects, and participate in literature-related lessons.

Families are billed for lost or damaged student books at the end of the school year.